Mayurasharma
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The Talagunda pillar inscription of about c.455 CE provides insights into the life of Mayurasharma and the Kadamba lineage. | |
| Kadamba king | |
| Reign | c. 345 – c. 365 |
| Successor | Kangavarma |
| Dynasty | Kadamba |
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Mayurasharma, spelled Mayuravarma by modern scholars (reigned 345–365), a native of Talagunda (in modern Shimoga district), was the founder of the Kadamba kingdom of Banavasi, the earliest native kingdom to rule over what is today the modern state of Karnataka, India. Before the rise of the Kadambas, the centres of power ruling the land were outside the Karnataka region; thus the Kadambas' ascent to power as an independent geo-political entity, with Kannada, the language of the soil as a major regional language, is a landmark event in the history of modern Karnataka with Mayuravarman as an important historical figure. The earliest Kannada language inscriptions are attributed to the Kadambas of Banavasi.